The Government will be keeping a “really close eye” on how extra funding will be spent by the NHS, a minister has said, amid fears cash eventually destined for social
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Consultation has begun on plans to mandate Covid-19 and flu vaccinations for frontline health and care staff, the Government has announced. The six-week consultation process will take views on whether
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Boris Johnson has secured MPs’ backing for his controversial £12 billion tax hike to pay for health and social care despite seeing his Commons majority cut. The House voted by
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The number of people waiting for social care services has risen by a quarter in three months amid a crisis of rising demand for care at home, staff shortages and
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Following a recent external recruitment process, Health Minister Robin Swann has appointed Professor Siobhan O’Neill as the Mental Health Champion for Northern Ireland. Professor O’Neill (pictured) is the current Interim
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A £500 million fund aimed at stopping families from reaching “crisis point” should result in fewer children being taken into care, the Scottish Government has said. Ministers are committing to
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A care watchdog has launched legal action seeking to cancel a care home’s registration due to “serious and significant concerns” about the quality of care The Care Inspectorate has applied
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Nursing shortages in the UK have left more than half a million people with cancer either unsupported or not supported enough, a charity has said. Macmillan Cancer Support is calling
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The Government must stop housing asylum seekers in “profoundly inappropriate” military barracks, a group of MPs and peers has said. The call comes after immigration minister Kevin Foster confirmed the
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Booster vaccines may not be necessary for everyone in Britain and rolling out third doses too quickly would be an “unnecessary burden” on the NHS, the head of AstraZeneca has
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